Taoshan, Yang Jian Shows His Righteous Resolve ### At the border between the Northern Julu Continent and the Central Divine Lands stood a solitary peak, shaped like a giant peach. Its surface was an unnatural gray-white, as though all life had been drained from it. This was Peach Mountain, where Yao Ji was imprisoned. For a thousand li around it, powerful restrictions laid by the Heavenly Court blanketed the land. Spiritual energy was scarce, and not a bird or beast could be found. Only endless silence and a profound sorrow, deep as the sea, lingered there.
Tongtian rode Kui Niu and quietly arrived at the outskirts of Peach Mountain. He did not rush into the restrictions; that would immediately alert the Heavenly Court. Hovering in the air, he let his gaze pierce the invisible barrier and settle below the mountain's main peak. There stood a figure, tall and straight as a pine, yet shrouded in a dense aura of baleful energy and loneliness. He wore silver armor and a black robe, a Divine Eye set in his forehead, and held a Three-Pointed Double-Edged Halberd. It was Yang Jian!
He was not trying to Split the Mountain to Save the Mother. Haotian himself had laid those restrictions, and brute force could not break them. Yang Jian simply kept watch there, day after day, year after year, using his divine might to resist the pressure of the restrictions, as though that might bring him a little closer to his mother. His soaring resentment and battle intent had almost become tangible.
Tongtian concealed every trace of his aura. The Chaos Bead turned slowly, reducing his presence to a minimum. He did not reveal himself at once, but carefully observed Yang Jian. This old friend's son was Yao Ji's child, exceptionally gifted and born